Marvin Redpost: A Flying Birthday Cake? Marvin Redpost #6

2 days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing that looks like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a new boy with peculiar behavior nobody likes. RL 2.2

Long Synopsis:

Does anybody like being the new kid at school? The new kid, Joe Normal, doesn't, and since his parents are always moving, he is forced to be the new kid again and again. Joe tries to fit in, but the kids never like him. They talk about him behind his back for kissing the flagpole, they laugh out loud at him in class when he doesn't know what an elephant is because he says there aren't many of them in Chicago where he's from. At recess they don't want to let him in line to play ball and after school they say if he goes home with them to play, their dog will bite him. Marvin agrees that a kid who shakes hands with everyone he meets is weird, but even if it means Marvin's friends will stop playing with him, Marvin decides to take Joe home. Marvin thinks it's hard being the new kid. Strange things continue to happen when Joe and Marvin go home. Joe is wild about Jell-O, teaches the family to play a new game where they step on paper plates instead of slimy fish, and eats his pizza with a knife and fork, but everyone, even Marvin's teen aged brother, likes Joe. Marvin and Joe become best friends and suddenly the kids at school like Joe, too. Then why does Joe come to Marvin's house in a big limo driven by soldiers? What does all of this have to do with a giant flying birthday cake with green frosting? This amusing story is full of silliness and important things to think about. After you read it, catch up on the other 6 books in this terrific Marvin Redpost series! Marvin Redpost A Flying Birthday Cake? Is a Stepping Stone Book.